Taliban attack kills nine soldiers in Afghanistan's Nimroz

IHS Jane's Terrorism Watch Report - Daily Update

30 November 2017

NINE soldiers were killed and another was wounded by Taliban militants during an attack targeting a security outpost in the Monar area in Khashrod district in Afghanistan's Nimroz province on 27 November, Afghan Islamic Press reported. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming that 11 soldiers had been killed and the outpost captured.

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